HC Deb 25 March 1999 vol 328 cc366-7W
Mr. McDonnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what were the appraisal performance markings awarded to civil servants in 1998 for(a) each agency in his Department and (b) the Department broken down by (i) grade, (ii) gender, (iii) ethnicity, (iv) part-time/full-time working and (v) disability; and for (1) each agency and (2) the Department whether the Cabinet Office's four fifths rule for detecting potential adverse impact was applied to the appraisal markings of civil servants in the 1998 report round. [78151]

Mr. Mudie

The 1998 performance markings for the DfEE and for the Employment Service are shown in the following tables. At Senior Civil Service level (former Grade 5 and above) no distinction is made between staff in the DfEE and those in the Employment Service. Because of the small numbers involved at Senior Civil Service level, a breakdown of performance markings by grade, ethnicity, part-time/full-time working and disability would breach individual confidentiality and therefore cannot be provided.

The DfEE and the ES undertake tests that go further than the four fifths rule by proceeding directly to a full statistical analysis of the data to determine which differences observed are statistically significant.

Senior Civil Service by gender
Percentage
Box 1 Boxes 2+ or 2 Boxes 3+ or 3 Box 4 Box 5
Women 9 32 59 0 0
Men 8 35 57 0 0
Total 8 35 57 0 0

DfEE staff to Grade 6
Percentage
Box A Box B Box C Box D/E
Grade level including equivalents
Administrative Assistant (AA) 2 34 59 5
Administrative Officer (AO) 3 38 55 4
Executive Officer (EO) 2 35 59 3
Higher Executive Officer (HEO) 4 43 52 2
Senior Executive Officer (SEO) 4 44 51 1
Grades 7 and 6 5 41 53 1
Personal Secretary and Senior Personal Secretary 13 39 46 2
Total 4 39 55 3
Gender
Women 4 39 54 2
Men 3 39 55 3
Ethnicity
Non-white 3 27 66 5
White 4 41 54 2
Not known 4 37 55 4
Part-time/Full-time
Full-time 4 40 54 3
Part-time 2 31 65 3
Disability
Staff with a disclosed disability 2 34 59 6
Staff without a disability 4 39 55 2

Note:

Due to rounding some totals may not add up to 100 per cent.

Employment Service staff to Grade 6
Percentage
ES pay band DfEE equivalent Box A Box B Box C Box D
Pay Band 9 AA 5.7 68.7 25.5 0.1
Pay Band 8 AO 6.9 79.5 13.6 0.1
Management Pay Band 7 EO 9.2 82.2 8.6 0.0
Management Pay Band 6 EO 12.5 80.1 7.4 0.0
Management Pay Band 5 EO 19.0 77.5 3.5 0.0
Management Pay Band 4 HEO 11.9 81.4 6.5 0.3
Management Pay Band 3 HEO 17.6 76.7 5.7 0.0
Management Pay Band 2 SEO 21.9 75.6 2.5 0.0
Management Pay Band 1 SEO 19.2 76.1 4.8 0.0
Senior Management Pay Band 3 Grade 7 22.2 69.4 8.3 0.0
Senior Management Pay Band 2 Grade 7 23.8 72.1 4.1 0.0
Senior Management Pay Band 1 Grade 6 36.8 57.9 5.3 0.0
Total 9.4 79.3 11.3 0.1

Note:

Due to rounding some totals may not add up to 100 per cent.

Employment Service staff to Grade 6
Percentage
Box A Box B Box C Box D
Gender
Women 9.7 80.7 9.6 0.0
Men 8.5 76.2 15.1 0.1
Ethnicity
Non-white 8.8 78.2 12.8 0.2
White 11.2 80.3 8.4 0.1
Not known 7.8 78.6 13.5 0.0
Part-tim/Full-time
Full-time 10.5 78.3 11.1 0.1
Part-time 5.6 82.6 11.7 0.1
Disability
Staff with a disclosed disability 7.4 78.9 13.5 0.2
Staff without a disability 9.5 79.5 11.0 0.1

Note:

Due to rounding some totals may not add up to 100 per cent.